Writing and Law in Late Imperial China - 9780295996004

Writing and Law in Late Imperial ChinaCrime, Conflict, and Judgment\nAuthor(s): Robert E. Hegel, Katherine N. Carlitz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Washington Press, United States\nImprint: University of Washington Press\nISBN-13: 9780295996004, 978-0295996004\nSynopsis\nIn this fascinating, multidisciplinary volume, scholars of Chinese history, law, literature, and religions explore the intersections of legal practice with writing in many different social contexts. They consider the overlapping concerns of legal culture and the arts of crafting persuasive texts in a range of documents including crime reports, legislation, novels, prayers, and law suits. Their focus is the late Ming and Qing periods (c. [tel]; their documents range from plaints filed at the local level by commoners, through various texts produced by the well-to-do, to the legal opinions penned by China's emperors.\n\nWriting and Law in Late Imperial China explores works of crime-case fiction, judicial h.